Kenneth Martin Neary, 85, of rural Wiota was born Nov. 29, 1906, to Martin and Emma Roberts Neary south of Cumberland, and died June 19, 1992, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. He attended rural school. Grant High School, and graduated from Elliott High School In 1923, He married Constance Septer June 7, 1929, at her parents' home south of Cumberland.
They farmed a few years in Adarns County before moving to a farm near Wiota in 1935. In 1941 they purchased a farm southeast of Wlota.
He worked for the Dept. of Agriculture for 34 years as a committeeman, their as manager of the ASCS office, retiring in 1974. He served as 4-H leader, Cass County 4-H chairman, and secretary and vice president of Cass County. Farm Bureau. He was also a member of the Cass County Zoning Administration, the Atlantic Elks, and S.S. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Atlantic.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Opal Neary in infancy and Jennie Millen and three brothers, Patrick, Walter and Russell Neary.
He is survived by his wife Constance; a son, Merrill Neary and his wife Carole of Council Bluffs; a daughter, Roxanne Schwarz and her husband Edward of Falls Church, Va.; five grandchildren; two great-grandehildren;-and two sisters, Helen Henningsen and Virginia Spiker of Atlantic.
Services were held June 23 at S.S. Peter &; Paul Catholic Church in AtlantIc with the Rev. Bart Kane'officiating. Burial was in the Atlantic Catholic Cernetery.
Adams County Free Press, July 2, 1992, page 2
They farmed a few years in Adarns County before moving to a farm near Wiota in 1935. In 1941 they purchased a farm southeast of Wlota.
He worked for the Dept. of Agriculture for 34 years as a committeeman, their as manager of the ASCS office, retiring in 1974. He served as 4-H leader, Cass County 4-H chairman, and secretary and vice president of Cass County. Farm Bureau. He was also a member of the Cass County Zoning Administration, the Atlantic Elks, and S.S. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Atlantic.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Opal Neary in infancy and Jennie Millen and three brothers, Patrick, Walter and Russell Neary.
He is survived by his wife Constance; a son, Merrill Neary and his wife Carole of Council Bluffs; a daughter, Roxanne Schwarz and her husband Edward of Falls Church, Va.; five grandchildren; two great-grandehildren;-and two sisters, Helen Henningsen and Virginia Spiker of Atlantic.
Services were held June 23 at S.S. Peter &; Paul Catholic Church in AtlantIc with the Rev. Bart Kane'officiating. Burial was in the Atlantic Catholic Cernetery.
Adams County Free Press, July 2, 1992, page 2
Kenneth Martin Neary, 85, of rural Wiota was born Nov. 29, 1906, to Martin and Emma Roberts Neary south of Cumberland, and died June 19, 1992, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. He attended rural school. Grant High School, and graduated from Elliott High School In 1923, He married Constance Septer June 7, 1929, at her parents' home south of Cumberland.
They farmed a few years in Adarns County before moving to a farm near Wiota in 1935. In 1941 they purchased a farm southeast of Wlota.
He worked for the Dept. of Agriculture for 34 years as a committeeman, their as manager of the ASCS office, retiring in 1974. He served as 4-H leader, Cass County 4-H chairman, and secretary and vice president of Cass County. Farm Bureau. He was also a member of the Cass County Zoning Administration, the Atlantic Elks, and S.S. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Atlantic.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Opal Neary in infancy and Jennie Millen and three brothers, Patrick, Walter and Russell Neary.
He is survived by his wife Constance; a son, Merrill Neary and his wife Carole of Council Bluffs; a daughter, Roxanne Schwarz and her husband Edward of Falls Church, Va.; five grandchildren; two great-grandehildren;-and two sisters, Helen Henningsen and Virginia Spiker of Atlantic.
Services were held June 23 at S.S. Peter &; Paul Catholic Church in AtlantIc with the Rev. Bart Kane'officiating. Burial was in the Atlantic Catholic Cernetery.
Adams County Free Press, July 2, 1992, page 2
They farmed a few years in Adarns County before moving to a farm near Wiota in 1935. In 1941 they purchased a farm southeast of Wlota.
He worked for the Dept. of Agriculture for 34 years as a committeeman, their as manager of the ASCS office, retiring in 1974. He served as 4-H leader, Cass County 4-H chairman, and secretary and vice president of Cass County. Farm Bureau. He was also a member of the Cass County Zoning Administration, the Atlantic Elks, and S.S. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Atlantic.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Opal Neary in infancy and Jennie Millen and three brothers, Patrick, Walter and Russell Neary.
He is survived by his wife Constance; a son, Merrill Neary and his wife Carole of Council Bluffs; a daughter, Roxanne Schwarz and her husband Edward of Falls Church, Va.; five grandchildren; two great-grandehildren;-and two sisters, Helen Henningsen and Virginia Spiker of Atlantic.
Services were held June 23 at S.S. Peter &; Paul Catholic Church in AtlantIc with the Rev. Bart Kane'officiating. Burial was in the Atlantic Catholic Cernetery.
Adams County Free Press, July 2, 1992, page 2
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